Useful Rocks & Minerals

Task

In groups of three, students will:

1) select a rock or mineral to research.

2) use different sources to learn information about how your rock or mineral is used and why it is important.
Sources will include books, databases, and online websites. Each person in the group will have to do one of these.

3) each person in the group will document their information you learn using NoodleTools.

4) create a bulletin board display about your rock or mineral.

It will include:
a) the facts you learned and four images of your rock or mineral
b) one picture of it in its natural shape
c) three images of how it is used today

Each person will have to print an image of the rock or mineral.

5) print notes & bibliography using NoodleTools